About Kim
KIM POWERS is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir The History of Swimming, which was both a Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” Selection as well as a Lambda Literary Award finalist for Best Memoir of the Year. Entertainment Weekly calls Powers’ latest novel, Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story, “welcome,” “offbeat,” and “intriguing.” Because of the accomplishment of the two books, Powers was selected as one of the “Out 100” – Out Magazine’s top 100 most influential gays or lesbians in the country.
Powers is currently a Writer/Producer at ABC’s Primetime Live, and won both Emmy and Peabody Awards for his 9/11 coverage for Good Morning America. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he also wrote the screenplay for the festival-favorite indie film “Finding North,” which plays frequently on the Sundance Channel and is available on DVD. He was also a staff writer for the AMC series“The Lot,” and a producer anddevelopment executive for the multi-Emmy winning PBS program “Great Performances.” A native Texan, he currently lives in New York City with his partner, Tony Award winning costume designer Jess Goldstein.
Visit Kim’s website HERE
About Capote in Kansas:
While based on many real and little-known events in the lives of Truman Capote and Harper Lee, it’s an imagined story – a “fantasia” — of their great friendship, and even greater falling out, as Harper retreated from fame, and Truman gulped it down as greedily as he did his beloved “orange drink” (three parts vodka, one part juice.) If you ever loved To Kill a Mockingbird, or any of the fantastic writing of Truman Capote, you’ll want to read this, for which a reading group guide has been prepared as well. Look for Capote in Kansas in paperback October 4th.
You can find reading group discussion questions for Capote in Kansas HERE
Kim Powers’ TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:
Wednesday, Oct. 1st: Bookgirl’s Nightstand
Friday, Oct. 3rd: Book Room Reviews
Monday, Oct. 6th: A Guy’s Moleskin Notebook
Wednesday, Oct. 8th: Tripping Toward Lucidity
Friday, Oct. 10th: book-a-rama
Monday, Oct. 13th: Ready When You Are, C.B. (review)
Tuesday, Oct. 14th: Ready When You Are, C.B. (author interview)
Wednesday, Oct. 15th: Bibliolatry
Friday, Oct. 17th: Books and Movies
Monday, Oct. 20th: Booking Mama
Wednesday, Oct. 22nd: Diary of an Eccentric
Thursday, Oct. 23rd: Maw Books
Friday, Oct. 24th: Book Club Classics
Monday, Oct. 27th: Books and Cooks
Tuesday, Oct. 28th: Devourer of Books
Wednesday, Oct. 29th: Literate Housewife
TLC Book Tours 
August 20, 2008 at 4:16 am
I don’t want to be a pig, but if you’re looking for hosts….
August 20, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Same here! 🙂
August 20, 2008 at 2:50 pm
That book looks intriguing. I love To Kill a Mockingbird and Truman Capote’s work, so I think this book might be for me.
August 24, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I’m really looking forward to this one!
August 25, 2008 at 4:43 pm
This sounds like a fantastic book. I would love to be included on the tour if there are spaces you need to fill.
September 11, 2008 at 11:51 am
I received this yesterday and now all I want to do is put everything else aside and read it now.
September 14, 2008 at 2:57 pm
[…] week I’ve been reading Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story by Kim Powers, which will be on tour for TLC in October (because who doesn’t like a good ghost story in October?) It’s about the haunting […]
September 18, 2008 at 7:32 pm
[…] Kim Powers and Capote in Kansas will be on tour, virtually, through TLC Book Tours in October- what better time for a Southern Ghost Story? You can see the full schedule HERE. […]
October 1, 2008 at 4:34 am
[…] and I know he’s going to be visiting some of my favorite bloggers so please check out the full schedule and hope you’ll visit him at these other sites. You can also visit him on his site to learn […]
October 3, 2008 at 4:48 am
[…] THE PICTURE ABOVE IS OF CAPOTE AND LEE IN KANSAS IN 1966. CAPOTE IS SIGNING COPIES OF IN COLD BLOOD. YOU CAN READ MY REVIEW OF CAPOTE IN KANSAS BY CLICKING ON THE BOOK COVER. I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU HAVE READ ANY OTHER BOOKS ABOUT THEM. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE I AM INTRIGUED AFTER READING CAPOTE IN KANSAS TO READ MORE ABOUT THEM. ALSO I WANTED TO POST A QUESTION FROM THE READING GUIDE THAT I FOUND INTERESTING AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. When a book is as good as To Kill a Mockingbird, is it “okay” that the author never wrote another one? Is one great book the equal of several lesser ones? As an artist, did Truman Capote or Harper Lee have an obligation to continue writing for the public? THANKS TO TLC BOOK TOURS AND KIM POWERS. YOU CAN READ THE FIRST CHAPTER HERE, YOU CAN VISIT KIM POWER’S WEBSITE HERE. YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW THE REST OF THE TOUR HERE. […]